VMware ESXi and vCenter Server Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Description

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper input validation. A malicious actor with network access to the login page of certain ESXi host or vCenter Server URL paths may exploit this issue to steal cookies or redirect to malicious websites.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• VMware · vCenter Server

  • affected 8.0 – < 8.0 U3e

• VMware · Cloud Foundation

  • affected 5.x, 4.5.x

• VMware · Telco Cloud Platform

  • affected 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x

• VMware · Telco Cloud Infrastructure

  • affected 3.x,2.x

• VMware · ESXi

  • affected 8.0 – < ESXi80U3se-24659227
  • affected 7.0 – < ESXi70U3sv-24723868

References (1)

• https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25717 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2025-41228](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2025-41228.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-41228)

Record last updated 24 Jun 2025, 07:14 UTC.